Staffan Holm and Dan Sunaga are the designers of the Newton coffee table, which uses two rings of pressure-molded wood as a base. The edges of the rings are forced towards the center, creating curves that became the table’s signature. The table design also just won the Nordic design prize during the 2009 Stockholm Furniture Fair
At the Chicago Auto Show this week GM introduced us to the new Corvette Stingray that will be featured in the upcoming Transformers Movie: Revenge of the Fallen, releasing this summer. We like the lines that are influenced by the original 1959 Stingray. At this point this is just a concept and will probably only see the light of day in the movie.
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Dave of Dave’s Quality Meat talking about his shop and it’s involvement with New Era hats.
Billionaire Boys Club Japan has just dropped their new look book for Spring/Summer 2009. Among the releases, the long anticipated gold BBC leather backpack (grossly overpriced), their first eyeglass frames in a flat black, and BBC tie. See the releases after the jump.
For those of you in the hood this evening, ALL GONE, will be having their official book launch and photo exhibition tonight at Reed Space in New York, featuring the music of our man Busy P from Ed Banger. For those that don’t know – ALL GONE is a collection of the finest street releases from the past year, made in collaboration with colette and LA MJC. Basically, it’s the coffee table version of LH.com – AHAHA! Peep the video of LA MJC co-founder, Michael Dupouy talk about it after the jump.
LH contributor and photographer Karl Hab attended the Paris official launch party and snapped these pics of the party, attended by Kanye West, Busy P, Sara from colette and Mark The Cobrasnake, among many other big deals. If it was anything like Paris, this one’s going to be off the chain.
(UPDATE – CHECK THE VIDEO OF THE RELEASE BELOW AND THE PICS HERE. Thanks to itsbongoboy.com)
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Fred Perry has been killing it in the collaboration game as of late – Fred Perry + Raf Simons, Fred Perry +Peter Jensen, Fred Perry + &Son and now Fred Perry + Comme des Garcons. The collection’s finest pieces include these various golf shirts with different patterns and colors. This collaboration also features some plain colored, long-sleeve oxfords, but we’re choosing to only show you the golf shirt collection. See more of them after the jump and check it out in its entirety here.
You got the 411 on the UNDFTD + PUMA 24K straight from our source at UNDFTD earlier, now peep the video of the actual release. A moment 18 months in the making…
Pics of ours in the coming week.
Here’s our boy Rod, looking dope in the new UNDFTD lookbook, plus a great looking new collection. Check a few more of the the styles after the jump.
A little something to start the weekend. This is old, but makes me laugh every time. It’s Chad Hugo the other half of The Neptunes playing Jay-Z’s Roc Boys (And the winner is…) on a __________.
The popular drawstring cardigan from Folk is back in 2009 in two fresh new colorways. The one above, is Flint Grey & Multicolored. This fineknit cardigan with drawstring waist detailing, features two front pockets, contrast collar detailing, Folk ‘Squares’ detailing on collar, and wooden buttons. See it in sand after the jump. Available here.
This is the first backpack from Acronym, designed and built by bag-experts Bagjack in Berlin. After 3+ years of prototype testing, the 3A-7TS for Acronym – sees the light of day in a Tec Sys’d-out version. You can attach a whole lot of stuff to it (the description reads like this: main compartment liner (removable), laptop sleeve (removable), back pad (removable), internal pocket (removable), logo tape (removable)), or keep it minimalist, peep the pics after the jump. Available here for a limited time.
Mean. Clean. Fresh. High tops from Common Projects. This higher than usual sneaker is an all white premium leather outer with a profile from old classics. Gum sole, leather inner, super comfy and buttery soft. Available here.
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